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The Rooted Home Brings Curated Living to The LAB Anti-Mall

06.11.26

The LAB Anti-Mall in Costa Mesa is welcoming a new addition with the opening of The Rooted Home, a curated home accents boutique focused on creating warm, layered, and personal living spaces.

The Rooted Home officially celebrates its grand opening on Saturday, June 13 at noon with live music, gifts with purchase, a ribbon-cutting celebration, and a $250 Rooted Home gift card giveaway.

The boutique features hand-selected home décor and artisan accents including candles, florals, trays, frames, kitchen accessories, tabletop pieces, and seasonal finds that bring character and intention into everyday living. Designed to complement The LAB’s eclectic mix of shops, the store centers on thoughtful details that make a home feel inviting and lived in.

Founded on the belief that home is sacred, The Rooted Home focuses on pieces chosen for their warmth, craftsmanship, and ability to elevate everyday rituals. The brand also incorporates a giving component, with a portion of every purchase supporting causes that care for people and the planet.

The Rooted Home is at The LAB Anti-Mall at 2930 Bristol St., Unit A102 in Costa Mesa.

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INI Ristorante Rolls Out a Summer Menu Worth Clearing Your Calendar For

06.11.26

If you haven't been to INI Ristorante lately, the new summer menu is a good reason to go back. The Fountain Valley restaurant has built its reputation on a kitchen that thinks in both Japanese and Italian, and the latest seasonal lineup shows exactly why that combination works so well.

New this season: the Crab Roe Spaghetti, layered with crab roe emulsion, brown butter crab, dehydrated tomato, and stracciatella. It's rich but not heavy, which is a hard thing to pull off. The Miso-Glazed Black Cod comes over soba noodles in mushroom dashi broth with bamboo, frisee, and ponzu vinaigrette, and the Mixed Beet Salad with Meyer lemon vinaigrette, goat cheese, fennel, orange, and spiced seed mix is the kind of thing you'll order every time.

For something more substantial, the Pork Tomahawk with bacon jus and sweet potato puree has you covered. And don't skip dessert: the Blueberry Pavlova with passionfruit, mascarpone, graham crumble, basil, and crisp meringue is the right way to end the meal.

The cocktail list got a summer refresh as well. The Old Fashioned Kei features Kei Concepts Woodford Reserve, Japanese whisky, sansho pepper, and amaro reduction. The Ember and Bramble goes reposado tequila, mezcal, Japanese oak liqueur, and blackberry shrub. And the Sakura Sour brings together Japanese vodka, sakura, thyme, and egg white. Also new: a Lychee Spritz with elderflower and Okinawa juice, and the Dolce Saturno with Nikka gin, passionfruit, strawberry, and lemongrass orgeat.

The timing is worth noting. Kei Concepts founder Viet Nguyen was recently named a 2026 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef: California, a Pacific Southwest finalist for EY's Entrepreneur of the Year awards, and received both the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award and 2026 Chef of the Year honors from the Orange County Business Journal. A big moment for a restaurant group that has earned it.

INI Ristorante is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday.

16129 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley. (714) 277-4046

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